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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover. In this absorbing collection of stories and trivia readers will find answers to the amazing and extraordinary aspects of Austen's life, work and legacy. From her development as a world-class author, secrets of her own life and loves, through insights into her novels and their characters along with the changing reception to them over the years. Num Pages: 144 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 179 x 15. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Rydon Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910821121
ISBN
9781910821121
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

paperback. .
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590170014
ISBN
9781590170014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.37

Paperback. Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts is the first publication to list every surviving manuscript or manuscript fragment written in Anglo-Saxon England between the seventh and the eleventh centuries or imported into the country during that time. Series: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series. Num Pages: 960 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBB; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
960
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442629271
ISBN
9781442629271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 91.53
€ 88.25

Paperback. Explores the questions of language and canon-formation in philosophy and 'theory'. Editor(s): Helgeson, Dr. James. Series: Paragraph Special Issues. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 9. Weight in Grams: 288. Series: Paragraph Special Issues. 128 pages. Editor(s): Helgeson, Dr. James. Explores the questions of language and canon-formation in philosophy and 'theory'. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 9. Weight: 288.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748642519
ISBN
9780748642519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Hardback. Crossing Central Europe is a pioneering volume that focuses on the complex networks of transcultural interrelations in Central Europe from 1900 to 2000. Editor(s): Smith-Prei, Carrie. Series: German & European Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ACG; AS; DSB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442649149
ISBN
9781442649149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.60

Hardback. This volume is an analysis of the development of female heroic subjectivity in relation to an essentially male quest for individuation, the Romantic myth of Faust. It examines the female Faust figure in the realist novels of Stendhal, Gauthier, Keller, James and Morgner. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. . An excellent, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press University Park
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KRS0018887
ISBN
9780271007595
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. Shows how Greek tragedy uses gender relations to explore specific issues in the development of the social, political, and intellectual life in the polis. This work investigates three problematic areas in which tragic heroines act independently of men: death ritual and lamentation, marriage, and the making of significant ethical choices. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSG; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 672.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691094922
ISBN
9780691094922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 42.00

Paperback. Series: Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy. Num Pages: 160 pages, 5 bw illus. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 163 x 7. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472569066
ISBN
9781472569066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.92

Paperback. This study by Helene Monsacre shows how Western ideals of inexpressive manhood run contrary to the poetic vision of Achilles and his warrior companions presented in the Homeric epics. Pursuing the paradox of the tearful fighter, Monsacre examines the interactions between men and women in the Homeric poems. Translator(s): Snead, Nicholas J. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 22 x 15. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674975682
ISBN
9780674975682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.50

Hardback. In Insister Helene Cixous brings a unique mixture of theoretical speculation, breath-taking textual explication and scholarly erudition to an extremely close reading of Derrida's work. Editor(s): McQuillan, Martin. Translator(s): Kamuf, Peggy. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 200 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748627929
ISBN
9780748627929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.32
€ 69.71

Hardcover. The first book by Helene Cixous on painting and the contemporary arts. These 11 chapters bring together Helene Cixous' writings about specific contemporary artists and artworks. Neither simply 'art criticism' nor critical essays, Cixous responds to these artworks as a poet, reading them as if they were poems. Editor(s): Segarra, Marta; Maso, Dr. Joana. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390. Writings on Contemporary Arts and Aesthetics. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. 160 pages, 8 colour illustrations. Editor(s): Segarra, Marta; Maso, Dr. Joana. The first book by Helene Cixous on painting and the contemporary arts. These 11 chapters bring together Helene Cixous' writings about specific contemporary artists and artworks. Neither simply 'art criticism' nor critical essays, Cixous responds to these artworks as a poet, reading them as if they were poems. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ACXJ; DSA. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 14. Weight: 386.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748647446
ISBN
9780748647446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.98
€ 102.03

Hardback. A selection of important yet previously untranslated and unpublished essays. Editor(s): Prenowitz, Eric. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748639038
ISBN
9780748639038
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.86
€ 114.08

Paperback. Stigmata collects some of Helene Cixous' most intriguing meditations. A unique book, it is a testimony to an extraordinary writer. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415345453
ISBN
9780415345453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.08

Paperback. For years Helene Cixous has been dreaming about The Book-I-Don t-Write but each time she approaches The Book, it withdraws. The-Book-I-Don t Write is always just out of reach. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 138. .
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509500550
ISBN
9781509500550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.80

Paperback. A major new book by one of the leading feminist writers in France today. Cixous explores the themes of love, memory, language and loss. This is a work of literary fiction and at the same time a philosophical work: like Sartre, Camus and other great writers, Cixous blends together fiction and philosophy. Translator(s): Kamuf, Peggy; Chevalier, Marion Frances. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
148
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745639895
ISBN
9780745639895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.11

Hardback. An iconoclastic re-evaluation of one English Literature's most celebrated novelists. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 31. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785781162
ISBN
9781785781162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 17.96

Paperback. An iconoclastic re-evaluation of one English Literature's most celebrated novelists. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785781889
ISBN
9781785781889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.29

Hardback. .
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
261
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611480887
ISBN
9781611480887
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674630765
ISBN
9780674630765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.10

Hardback. Examines the ways in which five great modern American poets, writing their final books, try to find a style that does justice to life and death alike. This title focuses on the books: "The Rock", "Ariel", "Day by Day", "Geography III" and "A Scattering of Salts". Series: The A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
168
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691145341
ISBN
9780691145341
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

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